Honestly IntelliJ + a firewall/dns blocker if you're that paranoid is probably the best tooling you're going to find. Not sure how the Kotlin support is on VS Code, but you could try VSCodium, I guess? I really think you'd be doing yourself a disservice, though. I would be lost without all of JetBrains awesome tools.
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thank you!
Of course, hope you find something that works for you 
GNU Emacs with kotlin-mode and possibly lsp mode
If you're unfamiliar with GNU Emacs you can try a distribution like Doom Emacs. Emacs is your best bet at avoiding anything proprietary/with anti-features.
Otherwise hope that VSCodium works.
thanks! i will check it out. not looking to switch distros so if i run into any major issues i will do as another commenter suggested and go with intelliJ + firewall.
thanks for the suggestion!
I hate to say it, but JetBrains' tools are awesome for Kotlin and Java, so my pick personally is IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition. Nothing really beats it no matter how many plugins or extensions you install to your text editor. If you're used to Vim keybindings, there is a plugin for them so you don't have to re-learn everything.